Psalms 115:9-11

115:9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer¹ and protector.²

115:10 O family³ of Aaron, trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer⁴ and protector.⁵

115:11 You loyal followers of the Lord,⁶ trust in the Lord!

He is their deliverer⁷ and protector.⁸

Psalms 135:19-20

135:19 O family⁹ of Israel, praise the Lord!

O family of Aaron, praise the Lord!

135:20 O family of Levi, praise the Lord!

You loyal followers¹⁰ of the Lord, praise the Lord!

Psalms 145:10

145:10 All he has made will give thanks to the Lord.

Your loyal followers will praise you.

Psalms 147:19-20

147:19 He proclaims his word to Jacob,

his statutes and regulations to Israel.

147:20 He has not done so with any other nation;

they are not aware of his regulations.

Praise the Lord!

Galatians 6:16

6:16 And all who will behave¹¹ in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God.¹²

Hebrews 13:15

13:15 Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name.

Hebrews 13:1

Final Exhortations

13:1 Brotherly love must continue.

Hebrews 2:9-10

2:9 but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while,¹³ now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death,¹⁴ so that by God’s grace he would experience¹⁵ death on behalf of everyone. 2:10 For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist,¹⁶ in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer¹⁷ of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

¹tn Or “[source of] help.”

²tn Heb “and their shield.”

³tn Heb “house.”

⁴tn Or “[source of] help.”

⁵tn Heb “and their shield.”

⁶tn Heb “[you] fearers of the Lord.” See Ps 15:4.

⁷tn Or “[source of] help.”

⁸tn Heb “and their shield.”

⁹tn Heb “house” (here and in the next two lines).

¹⁰tn Heb “fearers.”

¹¹tn The same Greek verb, στοιχέω (stoicew), occurs in Gal 5:25.

¹²tn The word “and” (καί) can be interpreted in two ways: (1) It could be rendered as “also” which would indicate that two distinct groups are in view, namely “all who will behave in accordance with this rule” and “the Israel of God.” Or (2) it could be rendered “even,” which would indicate that “all who behave in accordance with this rule” are “the Israel of God.” In other words, in this latter view, “even” = “that is.”

¹³tn Or “who was made a little lower than the angels.”

¹⁴tn Grk “because of the suffering of death.”

¹⁵tn Grk “would taste.” Here the Greek verb does not mean “sample a small amount” (as a typical English reader might infer from the word “taste”), but “experience something cognitively or emotionally; come to know something” (cf. BDAG 195 s.v. γεύομαι 2).

¹⁶tn Grk “for whom are all things and through whom are all things.”

¹⁷sn The Greek word translated pioneer is used of a “prince” or leader, the representative head of a family. It also carries nuances of “trailblazer,” one who breaks through to new ground for those who follow him. It is used some thirty-five times in the Greek OT and four times in the NT, always of Christ (Acts 3:15; 5:31; Heb 2:10; 12:2).